New Zealand Maori — Tribal

Ngati Tarawhai tekoteko figure with painted and incised facial tattoo, three finger hands placed to abdomen, standing on a square section base. Height 90 cm

An ebonised folk figure with wheku face and paua shell eyes. Length 45 cm

Tekoteko figure holding a patu, standing on a base carved with wheku and manaia with paua shell eyes, 40 x 28 cm

A good pounamu Hei Tiki by Mike Higgs, Kawakawa variety. Modelled with titled head and one three fingered hand place to the abdomen the other to the thigh. Length 9 cm

A poupou ( house board) carved with a full frontal figure, with wheku head and paua disc eyes Rauponga carving to the shoulders, the lower section with a manaia figure carved in side profile. Circa 1910. Length 66 cm

Peter Hemi, a large tekoteko figure carved as a manaia surmounting a wheku face, each with paua shell eyes with extensive rauponga, kowhaiwhai and triple haehae and pakati notching, 260 x 50 cm. Provenance: Buried Village collection

A pair of carved koruru, each carved as a wheku head with painted eyes, each 56 x 25 cm. Provenance: Buried Village collection

Tene Waitere, a large and important carved panel, historically part of the Geyser Observation Rotunda at Whakarewarewa. the standing ancestral male figure with naturalistic face and body and incised facial tattoo. Carved wheku head to the abdomen, with Rau

19th century taiaha with finely carved head with recessed paua shell eyes. Ate (tongue) with pakati notching terminating in a rounded tip. Length 137 cm

A large and impressive shark hook, formed from one piece of wood, mounted on fitted stand. One piece hooks of this size are very rare. They were used to harvest deep sea fish such as hapuka and shark.

Patu aruhe (fern root pounder). Length 31 cm

A good early Piupiu (waist garment) Kaupapa of natural and black and red dyed flax, framed in a glass display case. 106 x 93 cm

A fine and early Kaitaka Paepaeroa. Kaitaka is the name given to cloaks made of the finest flax with taniko boarders. This superb example is has a wide taniko boarder to the bottom and with narrower boarders to the sides. the cloak is woven in double pair

A large Greywacke stone toki. Length 28 cm

Four 18th/19th century Maori stone toki (adzes). Length 12.5 cm. Length 12 cm. Length 13.5 cm. Length 13.5 cm.

Three 18th/19th century Maori stone toki (adzes). Length 14 cm. Length 12.5 cm. Length 12.5 cm.

Two 18th/19th century large Maori stone toki (adzes). Length 17 cm. Length 18.5 cm.

Two large Maori stone toki (adzes). Length 15 cm. Length 16 cm.

Three contact period stone toki (adzes). Length 13 cm, length 8 cm, length 8 cm,

A contact period stone toki (adze) well defined edges, smooth patina, chipped but sharp cutting edge. Steep bevelled edge. Length 7.5 cm.

Two small contact period stone toki (adzes). Length 6 cm, length 6.5 cm

Maori greenstone pendant (kapeu) hockey stick shape and two postcards of Sir John Campbell. Provenance: the vendor's family claim that it once belonged to Sir John Campbell who gave it to his mother's father. vendor's mother is a Campbell (Jean Frances Cam

A whale bone Kotiate carving to the butt. Length 34 cm.

A 19th century wooden carved Maori kotiate, remnants of wax in the eyes, with paua shell inlays. Fully carved with human faces. Carved face to butt with protruding tongue. Length 35 cm.